The Osceola times., 1887-11-12
BOMBS IN JAIL.
A Startling Find in the Cell Of
Anarchist Lingg.
4 General Search of the Cells of the
Condemned Men Results in the Find
ing of Six Gas-Pipc Bombs in
Lingg's Quarters.

! NNHutiiufu Ailul NulNiN III AAb NNAAtN J"h
were searched Yesterday and six loaded
bombs were found hidden away in
wooden box which was concealed under a
! pile of newspapers in a corner. Some time
| ago Sheriff Matson decided to search and
clean out the cells of the seven distiu-
| guished prisoners and yesterday was set
| for the examination. Word was sent by
the sheriff TO the friends of the con.
demned, saying that no admittance
would be given to the jail, and the entire
force of deputy sheriifs reported at
the jail for duty. IL was shortly after
balf-past nino O'Clock when Lingg aud
Engel were led from their cells to the
consultation cage and the search began.
Engel's cell was first entered and thor
| oughly examined. The bed and bedding
were looked over cracks in the walls and
| table thoroughly explored and the cloth
| ing hanging around the cell searched, but
beyond a few empty cigar boxes, some
| fruit, books and papers, nothing
was found. Then the deputy
sherifrs entered Lingg's cell, while
| its former occupant planted him
| self in corner of his temporary prison,
and watched them with eager eyes He
was as pale as death, and trembled like an
| aspen leaf as the searchers moved around
in tho little stone.walled room. Suddenly
/ two of the three men inside jumped out to
| the corridor, while third man held at
/ arms length a small wooden box, which
| he carried carefully TO the jail office and
| laid on Jailer Folz's desk. The box con-
tanned six pieces of gas-pipe, each about
! six or seven inches in length,
| filed with some heavy substance and
! plugged at both ends. Jailer Folz picked
up one which was closed at one end with
round iron stopper, and one of the OFF,
| GERS pronounced il a veritable dynamite
| bomb. just then Sheriff Matson arrived
at the jail and ordered that the dangerous
weapons be placed in the box and sent to
a chemist for analysis, though there was
no doubt as to the result Of the examna-
| ton. Then the search was continued, but
/ beyond a quantity of rubbish nothing was
| found.
The cells of Fischer, Parsons, Spies,
Schwdb and Fieldon were next searched
| in the order named, but no contraban d
articles of any kind were found. 1t was
| decided, however, that it was best to
change the cells, and accordingly four
apartments on the lowertier were cleaned
out. No. H. which is directly in front of
the entrance to tho jail and between two
rows of iron gratings, in which space
three men are on guard night and day,
was prepared for Lingg's reception,
| and there the bomb manu-.
facturer was locked up. He was
given his bed, table, books and writing
materials, but everything else was kept
from him. He Immediately sat down and
began to write, keeping at work all day
until it was too dark to see. The next
cell to that now occupied by Lingg is
used as a kind of store-room by the deputy
| jailers, and is also inside of the space be.
tween tho two gratings mentioned. Next
west of this are cells O., s and I, which
were cleaned out and given up to Engel,
Fischer and Parsons, in the order named
Schwab and Fielden were allowed to
retain their old cells, Nos. 20 and 81 on
the second tier, while Spies was taken
| from his old cell, No. q, and put into No.
%, Just east of Schwab. All the prison.
ers except Lingg submitted to the change
and search without displaying the slight
est emotion. Lingg seemed much wor-
| ried when he was told of what was con-
templatcd, and showed so plainly that
something was wrong that the iailers
were not so greatly surprised as they
might have been over the discovery SUBJ
sequently made.
Sheriff Matson was seen on the subject
during the afternoon. He was very reti-
cent at first, but, after consideration,
made a clean breast of the whole affair
"We had no reason" he said, 'to make
the search at this particular time. That
is we received no intmaton that any
thing was wrong. 1t was merely pre-
cau,ionary measure, decided on some
time ago by Jaier Folz and myself. We
selected Sunday as quiet day when the
examination would make less disturb.
ance than IL il were made ON a
week day. For some time there
was so much of this amnesty bust.
ness going on that | did not care to in
terfere with the good citizens who were
interested in the condemned men or place
any obstacle in their way. But we felt as
though the time had come to take extra
precautions, and so decided to clean the
cells out. OF course, in view of the de-
velOpments of the search, the most
stringent precautionary measures will
now be taken. The prisoners will not be
allowed to exercise as much as formerly
and the number of visitors will be re-
stricted. No one will be allowed TO visit
any Of the condemned in the cage
! ana II any interviews are granted 10 VIII
be only to near relatives and in the pres
ence of a jail official, ] won't say that
every visitor will be searched, but there
will be no opportunity for any exchange
Of any thing whatever between the pris-
oners and outsiders As for Llngg,
don't know that he will be allowed to see
any one, but have not vet fully
decided on that point. Henceforth no
baskets of victuals or fruit will be allowed
to be sent from any of the prisoners
friends to them, and no letters or dis.
patches will be received or sent until they
are examined by a Jail official"
OWN the condemned men be restricted
to prison farey"
"Well, no, They can have any thing
they want TO eat. From this time on they
are my guests, and will be provided with
any thing they desire TO eat at my ex
| pense."
"Where did you send the bombs for ex-
aminationy"
"That don't care to say, will tell you
the result Of the investigation to- NOR
row."
Serious Accident.
PITTsFIELD, Mass, Nov. IA wagon
containing five girls and boy was upset